Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878983

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0878983

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Geochemistry of the Platinum Group Elements, Copper, Rhenium and Gold in Granitic Rocks. Many of the World's largest copper and gold deposits derive their ore fluids from crystallizing granitic magmas. These elements, together with the platinum group elements, are sequestered by immiscible sulfide melts, which when they precipitate from a magma, control the subsequent evolution of these elements. The proposed study takes advantage of platinum's remarkable affinity for sulfides to identify onset of sulfide saturation and then monitor its effect on the subsequent evolution of copper and gold in the evolving magma. It is expected to provide new insights into chemistry of copper and gold in crystallizing granitic melts and explain why some granitic systems are ore bearing and other are not.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $253,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochemistry | Ore Deposit Petrology | Inorganic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Geochemistry | Inorganic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Ore Deposit Petrology | Other Non-Ferrous Ores (E.G. Copper, Zinc) | Precious (Noble) Metal Ores

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